Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.

Richard E Ames

Richard E Ames

Oct 29, 2016

ATHENS – Richard E. Ames, 79, of Athens, died early Saturday morning, October 29, 2016 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. Born April 10, 1937 in Guysville he was the son of the late Elmer and Margaret Lucas Ames. He was a graduate of Rome Canaan High School and a member of Haga Ridge Church. He retired as a construction supervisor. He...

Glenna Cline

Glenna Cline

Oct 26, 2016

Glenna Cline Glenna Cline, 66, of Coolville, OH passed away Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 at Marietta Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was born June 21, 1950 in Parkersburg, WV daughter of the late Julius Glenn and Essie Mae Modesitt Adams. Glenna was a homemaker and enjoyed crafting, sewing, westerns, movies and especially her grandkids. She is survived by...

Shenandoah Walraven

Shenandoah Walraven

Oct 25, 2016

Shenandoah Walraven Shenandoah Walraven, 42, of Athens, OH passed away Oct. 25, 2016 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH. She was born April 28, 1974 in Parkersburg, WV daughter of Brenda Martin Walker and the late Tony Michael Holmes. She is survived by her husband, Scott Walraven; her mother, Brenda Walker; 2 sons, Michael Walraven and Mark Gibbs; 2...

Joan (Ashcraft) O'Neil

Joan (Ashcraft) O'Neil

Oct 24, 2016

Joan (Ashcraft) O'Neil Joan (Ashcraft) O'Neil went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 24, 2016 at the age of 87 years. She was the daughter of the late Okey and Mary Phyllis (Pierce) Ashcraft. Joan was born May 3, 1929 in Guysville, Ohio. She was a lifelong homemaker and is survived by daughters, Phyllis (Mike) Custer of...

Betty Fury

Betty Fury

Oct 24, 2016

Betty Fury Betty Fury, 82,of Little Hocking, OH entered Heavens gate on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 at Arcadia Nursing Center in Coolville, OH. She was born Dec. 2, 1933 in Parkersburg, WV daughter of the late Leamon "Skinny" and Gladys Beckett Cross. She attended the Gospel Baptist Church in Torch and was an avid coin collector and artist. Betty is...

Margie Colleen Cunningham

Margie Colleen Cunningham

Oct 22, 2016

Margie Colleen Cunningham Syracuse - Margie Colleen Cunningham, 95, went to see her heavenly Savior on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Surrounded by her family, she passed peacefully at her home on Water Street, Syracuse, Ohio. She was born on August 26, 1921, in Syracuse, to parents Abalene and Ethel Quillen Moore. Married to her husband of 57 years, Claude “Hambone”...

Beth Ann Clark

Beth Ann Clark

Oct 19, 2016

Beth Ann Clark Beth Ann Clark, age 42 of Pomeroy, Ohio passed away from her earthly life and entered our Father’s Kingdom on October 19, 2016 surrounded by her loving family after complications related to Cystic Fibrosis. Beth was born on December 29, 1973 in Gallipolis, Ohio to Alva and Karen (Bierhup) Clark. Beth was preceded in death by her...

Grace Holter

Grace Holter

Oct 16, 2016

Grace E. Holter Racine – Grace E. Holter, 88, of Racine, died Sunday, October, 16, 2016 at Holzer Meigs Emergency Room in Pomeroy. Born July 9, 1928 in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William and Susie Hoback Gainer. Grace was a member of the Chester United Methodist Church, and member of the Farm Bureau. She was...

Doris Elaine Poston Dorr

Doris Elaine Poston Dorr

Oct 15, 2016

Athens – Doris Elaine Poston Dorr, 91, of Athens, passed away Saturday morning, October 15, 2016 at her home on South Canaan Road. Born December 19, 1924 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Waldo and Clara Dent Poston, and loved telling stories of her childhood on their farm in the Scatter Ridge/Stouds Run community. She was a...

Charles Frederick Schall

Charles Frederick Schall

Oct 14, 2016

GUYSVILLE - Charles Frederick “Chuck” Schall, 83, of Chillicothe, formerly of Guysville, died Friday afternoon, October 14, 2016 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. Chuck was born March 4, 1933 in Athens and was the son of the late William Henry, Sr. and Etta Lonas Schall. Chuck was a 1952 graduate of Rome Canaan High School and a US...

Dennis Blackston

Dennis Blackston

Oct 12, 2016

Pomeroy - Dennis Blackston, 62, of Pomeroy died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Pt. Pleasant, WV. Born November 1, 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Turban Willis and Myra Elizabeth Blackston. Dennis was a US Army Veteran and a life long construction worker. Dennis is survived by a daughter Amanda Holmes...

Heath A. Mosher

Heath A. Mosher

Oct 10, 2016

AMESVILLE – Heath A. Mosher, 39, of Amesville, died late Monday evening, October 10, 2016 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. Born November 19, 1976 in Athens, he was the son of Kendalee Eddy Mosher and the late Wesley Mosher. Besides his mother he is survived by a daughter, Desirae Mosher; three sisters, Charity lowery, Maggie and Savannah Mosher; a brother, R.J....

Garry Weddington

Garry Weddington

Oct 9, 2016

Garry Weddington Garry Weddington, 71, of Coolville, OH passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at the Arbors At Marietta. He was born Aug. 14, 1945 in Jackson, KY son of the late Winston and Venus Watson Weddington. He was a U.S. Marine Veteran and a Lock & Dam Operator. He is survived by a step-son, Michael Jones; a brother, Joe...

Abigail "Abby" Summer Wilson

Abigail "Abby" Summer Wilson

Sep 28, 2016

Abigail “Abby” Summer Wilson Abigail “Abby” Summer Wilson, 35, Charlotte, NC formerly of Pomeroy, OH passed away Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. She was born July 6, 1981 in Gallipolis, OH daughter of Thomas (Mr. Wilson) and Sheryl Sue Smith Wilson. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a daughter, Sheryl Summer Sion; 2 sons, Jacob Antonio Roblero and...

Rachel Guthrie

Rachel Guthrie

Sep 28, 2016

Rachel Guthrie Rachel Guthrie, 93, of Guysville, OH passed away Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 at Arcadia Valley Skilled Nursing Home in Coolville. She was born Feb. 11, 1923 in Chalkhill, TX daughter of the late John Davidson and Josephine Gladys Cole Humphrey. She was member of Orange Christian Church and she retired from Ohio University. Rachel and her husband, George...

Kimbley Lee Pauley

Kimbley Lee Pauley

Sep 27, 2016

Kimbley Lee Pauley Kimbley Lee Pauley, 47, of Guysville, OH passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. She was born June 3, 1969 in Athens, Ohio THE daughter of Katherine Althouse Elliott and HER FATHER late Kenneth Lee Pauley. She is survived by her mother, Katherine and Donald Elliott, Grandmother Pauline Pauley of McArthur,...

Betty Ann Morrison Nutter

Betty Ann Morrison Nutter

Sep 25, 2016

Betty Ann Morrison Nutter Betty Ann Morrison Nutter passed away on Sunday September 25, 2016 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, OH. She was the daughter of the late Robert R and Edith Pauline Fox Morrison. She died peacefully in her sleep. Betty was born in Weston, WV, and grew up in Morgantown, WV, graduating from Morgantown High School in 1949....

Thelma Eileen Pullins Watkins

Thelma Eileen Pullins Watkins

Sep 21, 2016

Thelma Watkins Thelma Eileen Pullins Watkins, 99, of Coolville, OH passed away at her home Wednesday, September 21, 2016 after a brief illness. She was born July 11, 1917 in Meigs County, Ohio to William Hampton Pullins and Blanche Esther Reed Pullins. She was a graduate of Coolville School. She was a member of White's Chapel Church, where she served...

Thomas J. Eakins

Thomas J. Eakins

Sep 18, 2016

Mason - Thomas Eakins, 55, of Mason, died Sunday, September 18, 2016 at his residence. Born November 30, 1960 in Mason, West Virginia, he was the son of the late James and Dimple Eakins. Thomas worked at Facemyer Lumber on Bailey Run Road for many years. He is survived by his wife Beverly Smith Eakins; one brother Larry "Frank" Eakins;...

Sharon B. Bolin

Sharon B. Bolin

Sep 11, 2016

ALBANY – Sharon B. Bolin, 76, of Albany, died early Sunday morning, September 11, 2016 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. Born March 11, 1940 in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Wayne Samuel and Florence I. Lehoe Michael. She is survived by four children, Ron Bolin, Robert “Russ” (Cathy) Bolin, Jr., Rita Phillips, Rhea (Jerry) Bentley; nine grandchildren; ten...